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Mukirehe Primary School is fighting a banana tree disease by removing the sick trees to stop the spread of the disease to other trees, and...

Kilimanjaro, TZ – Kisiluni Primary School students are enjoying their daily meal – 30 Apr 2022

Lishe Bora is assisting Kisiluni Primary school to develop a program for serving their children a meal every day, in a way that the school...

Utete, TZ – KCM assists volunteer’s families to earn income from sesame and invest in businesses – 30 Apr 2022

KCM is assisting volunteer’s families with growing 8.5 acres of sesame by assisting with knowledge, farming tools and sprays to improve their commercial harvest. Sesame...

Siem Reap, KH – Rent-to-Own community members grow their food security during these economically challenging times – 30 Apr 2022

Many people are growing vegetables in their gardens because food prices are rising during these challenging times of COVID pandemic and the Russian invasion of...

Kilimanjaro, TZ – Two schools start Grow-own-Breakfast – 31 Mar 2022

Local social enterprise Lishe Bora has collaborated with the local community, teachers and students to successfully start organic banana and vegetable gardens for two primary...

Utete, TZ – Families are maintaining water access – 31 Mar 2022

Clean water access is being maintained to family homes and business in the Kindwitwi community. There are eight installed water taps, and six of them...

Ngara, TZ – Three schools’ students start weeding their bean crops – 31 Mar 2022

Three schools, in collaboration with local social enterprise SODAT, have successfully planted 7.5 acres of beans amongst the drying corn plants on schedule. The students...

Moshi, TZ – Successful corn growing brings more success – 31 Mar 2022

It was a very difficult weather situation during this planting seasons of 2022. The rains had been so much delayed and the temperature has been...

Kikondo, UG – Wamukisa trains Destiny School students and Zinabala Community Bank (VICOBA) members – 31 Mar 2022

Rose and Michael restarted Wamukisa’s training schedule by training Destiny School students and Zinabala VICOBA members in agriculture. Destiny School is located a short walk...

Siem Reap, KH – Productive track record qualifies family for a Rent-to-Own home – 31 Mar 2022

Rey Diez is founder and manager of the Peaksneng Thormacheat Garden Shop that is a social enterprise assisting families and children with food, income and...

Ngara, TZ – Last year’s corn harvest was not sufficient to last until the coming May harvest – 28 Feb 2022

Mukibogoye and Mukirehe Primary schools are drawing on a corn reserve stock funded by Better Lives to close a corn supply gap for the schools’...

Kikondo, UG – Zinabala Village Community Banking Association tests new technique for nourishing soil – 28 Feb 2022

The YNM family work group, part of Zinabala Village Community Banking group’s (VICOBA) 30 members, nourished 1.5 acres for planting after seasonal rains begin in...

Siem Reap, KH – Success at school starts at home and in the community – 28 Feb 2022

A Successful school year for children living in the Rent-to-Own (RTO) community starts at home. Take as an example the Weun Thi children: Samnang ,Marie,...

Moshi, TZ – Adding an electricity connection builds hope for the future – 28 Feb 2022

Last year Tupendane qualified for a loan to purchase a parcel of land in Kahe, for the purpose of assisting disadvantaged families to support their...

Utete, TZ – Utete Secondary School feeding program – 28 Feb 2022

Utete Secondary School feeding program has made an agreement with Dickson the KCM manager for delivery services for ingredients. KCM will also assist the school...

Kilimanjaro, TZ – Family dreams of expanding their animal feed business – 28 Feb 2022

The AT family are happy and committed to earning income from growing and selling vegetables on their land, and saving some of the vegetable income...

Siem Reap, KH – Family will reunite in Rent-to-Own home – 31 Jan 2022

It has been a long road for Savun with many challenges, but now he is reuniting with his loved ones. All his family are looking...

Utete, TZ – Omari is assisting his mother Asha with her tailoring business – 31 Jan 2022

Asha is KCM’s accountant who is feeling much happier after recovering from her recent surgery. She is now planning to reduce her working days with...

Moshi, TZ – Grow-own-Breakfast program takes first step towards a sustainable irrigation system – 31 Jan 2022

Kahe primary school is taking a first step towards finding a more sustainable irrigation system during this current long drought season in East Africa. This...

Kasaka, UG – Wamukisa lays foundations for expanding to Kasaka-Gomba, Uganda – 31 Jan 2022

Wamukisa is expanding its area of operations to Kasaka in the district of Gomba, where project manager Michael supervised Joseph and Henry building a latrine...

Kilimanjaro, TZ – Scolastica Bosco Shayo story – 31 Dec 2021

Scolastica, her family, our partner Lishe Bora’s manager Mary and the Barns family are so very happy to celebrate Scolastica’s graduation with a Grade A...

Utete, TZ – Volunteer families assist KCM to move kindergarten vegetable garden – 31 Dec 2021

The KCF family and other families volunteered to assist KCM to move the vegetable garden to higher ground away from the bondeni / lowland area...

Siem Reap, KH – Building the Rent-to-Own community with happy homes – 31 Dec 2021

Peaksneng Thormacheat Shop (PTS) assists families to improve the health of their children and earn some income by building organic vegetable gardens. Families who do...

Ngara, TZ – Family volunteered to improve school’s water tanks – 31 Dec 2021

The SIA family volunteered to assist Kabalenzi Primary School, and its students who carry water daily from their homes for their breakfast at school, by...

Moshi, TZ – Building a shop that will contribute to sustainable living – 31 Dec 2021

Tupendane has built a Rent-to-Earn shop in the Oria Village ,Kahe in time to qualify for a discounted mains electricity connection. It was an opportunity...

Kikondo, UG – Village Community Banking (VICOBA) group strengthens community spirit – 31 Dec 2021

The SMW family is enjoying successful bean and maize harvests from crops they planted cooperatively in August on 1.5 acres, led by YNM, with the...

Siem Reap, KH – Peaksneng Thormacheat garden shop – 30 Nov 2021

Peaksneng Thormacheat garden shop operates a small organic garden farm. The shop team and a few farmers in the the Peaksneng area co-operate to produce...

Kilimanjaro, TZ – Family garden is recovering after the dry season – 30 Nov 2021

The CT family are again enjoying eating and selling vegetables from their organic vegetable garden, which the Lishe Bora team has assisted them to build...

Utete, TZ – Families volunteer to feed their kindergarten children – 30 Nov 2021

Kindwitwi families are showing their caring community spirit, by volunteering to assist the KCM team with vegetable garden production for a self-sufficient breakfast serving given...

Ngara, TZ – Garden club student has graduated and built a market garden business – 30 Nov 2021